- Sierra mountains
A sierra is a word from the
Spanish language meaning amountain range (serra in Portuguese andLatin ). It is used for various mountains and mountain ranges in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries.Sierra mountains or Sierra Mountain may refer to any one of the following:
Mountain ranges
* In Argentina:
**Sierra de Córdoba , in the central region of the country* In Brazil:
**Serra do Mar , in the country's southeast* In Mexico:
**Sierra Juárez , in Baja California
**Sierra Madre del Sur , in the country's south
**Sierra Madre Occidental , in the northwest of the country
**Sierra Madre Oriental , in the northeast of the country
**Sierra Nevada (Mexico) , running across the central portion of the country
**Sierra San Pedro Mártir , in Baja California* In the Philippines:
**Sierra Madre (Philippines) , on the island of Luzon* In Portugal:
**Serra da Estrela , in the north central region of the country
**Serra de Montejunto , in the west region of the country
**Serra da Vila , in the west region of the country
**Serra do Socorro , in the west region of the country*In Spain:
**Sierra de Gata , in the west of the country
**Sierra de Gredos , near the central region of the country
**Sierra de Guadarrama , in the central part of the country
**Sierra de Mijas , in the south of the country
**Sierra Morena , in the county's south
**Sierra Nevada (Spain) , in the southeast of the country* In the United States:
**Sierra Ancha in central Arizona
**Sierra Blanca , in New Mexico
**Sierra Estrella , in southwestern Arizona
**Sierra Madre Mountains (California) , in southwestern California
**Sierra Nevada (U.S.) , also known as The Sierras and located in California and NevadaSingle mountains
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Antofagasta de la Sierra in Argentina
*Sierra Negra in Puebla, Mexico
*Sierra Negra (Galápagos) , in Galápagos Province, Ecuador
*Sierra Nevada (stratovolcano) , in Chile
*Sierra Nevada de Lagunas Bravas , on the border of Argentina and Chile
*Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta , in Colombia
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